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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

I can run faster than SHE

is this a correct usage of grammar to say "i can run faster than she/he"?
and is it thus wrong to say "I can run faster than HIM/Her" ?
quiet confused,
thanks for any help!
  

Top answer

Both forms are perfectly correct and perfectly grammatical. The former is more formal and the latter is more common in speech. [quiet] quite confused

  • Both forms are perfectly correct and perfectly grammatical.
  • The former is more formal and the latter is more common in speech.
  • [quiet] quite confused
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Both forms are perfectly correct and perfectly grammatical. The former is more formal and the latter is more common in speech.

[quiet] quite confused
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0 If you ever wonder about similar situations and want to be sure, just complete the sentence by 02br
00repeating the first bit as in "I can run faster than she can run" or if it is a response as in, 02br
00Yes, it is him or her, simply reverse subject and object as in He or She is It instead of 02br
00Him or Her is It. Even though It is I, but I isn't It. I

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